Audiobooks by Paul Cleave

"Sometimes reality can really get in the way of a good story. Joe Middleton's story is this: He doesn't remember killing anyone, so there' s no way a jury can convict him of serial murder. He calls himself Joe Victim, trying, as he awaits trial, to convince the psychiatrists that he wasn't in control of his actions, trusting that the system will save him in the end. But others know Joe as the infamous Christchurch Carver and they want to see him dead. There's Melissa, Joe's accomplice in one of the murders, who plans on shooting him on his way to the courthouse before he gets a chance to start talking. Then there's Raphael, whose daughter was one of the Carver's victims. Though he's tried to move on with life as the leader of a counseling group for grieving family members, he'd like nothing more than to watch Joe pay. Finally there's Carl Schroder, the ex-detective who locked Joe up and is determined to put things right for the case of his career. To extract himself from this epic mess, Joe has come up with a desperate plan involving a television psychic who's looking to get rich by making people believe just about anything. It's a long shot, but it had better work before he becomes the poster boy for a death penalty that may be reinstated in New Zealand, which isn't quite the dramatic ending he is hoping for … 'Cleave pulls out all the stops in his seventh Christchurch noir ... [He] juggles all the elements with impressive ease. Darkly humorous references to horrific violence will resonate with Dexter fans.' – Publishers Weekly (starred) 'A little Hannibal Lector. A little Richard von Krafft-Ebing. A lot of gore' – Kirkus Reviews 'Cleave does his usual great job of threading two ongoing stories from two different serials into a single, closely knit unit and as usual, keeps the reader eager for more. It's hard not to empathize with Joe, even cheering for the bad guy is allowed, if for no other reason, we need to know what he will do next.' – Suspense Magazine 'Clever, compelling, and not for the faint hearted. Joe Middleton is the guiltiest 'innocent man' in crime fiction.' – Michael Robotham 'Highly, highly recommended … Enjoy this series, it's unique, different, funny and very, very, good' – Goodreads review 'OMG … this book is at times hilarious, horrific and so packed with twists and turns … Outrageous, impossible to predict and sometimes so visceral that you can't help but buckle in and ride along in this world. Cleave is a rare talent and now that I've blazed through his books, I want to go back and do it again while waiting for MORE!' - Goodreads review"

Paul Cleave (Author), Kris Dyer (Narrator)

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[Swedish] - Dödstimmen

"Föreställ dig att du vaknar upp, indränkt i blod – men det är inte ditt blod. När Charlie vaknar har han en fruktansvärd bula i pannan och minns ingenting av gårdagskvällen. Nästa morgon skriker tidningsrubrikerna om två unga kvinnor som mördats brutalt. Charlie känner igen deras namn och sakta men säkert börjar små fragment från natten tränga fram ur hans minne. Plötsligt står han som huvudmisstänkt för morden. Men, i denna halsbrytande thriller är det bara de döda som vet sanningen om vad som hände den natten. Charlie tvingas fly men är säker på att det inte är han själv som har begått morden. Han misstänker i stället en man vid namn Cyris – men det finns inga bevis för att Cyris ens existerar och vare sig polisen eller Charlies exfru Jo tror honom. Charlie behöver tid för att reda ut vad som hänt. Men medan han flyr genom Christchurchs förorter, kryper dödstimmen åter närmare. 'En berg-och-dalbana till thriller om en helt vanlig man som pressas från alla håll.' – Booklist 'Obevekligt fängslande, med läckra vändningar och en humor lika mörk som helvetet självt. Cleave skapar fiktiva monster som är lika skrämmande som de är karismatiska – några av de mest minnesvärda jag någonsin stött på. Alla som älskar mörka, blodiga kriminalromaner bör placera Paul Cleave högst upp på sin läslista.' – Mark Billingham 'Fängslande och alltför realistiskt.' – Tess Gerritsen 'Paul Cleave skriver den sortens mörka, intensiva thrillers som jag aldrig vill ska ta slut. Gör dig själv en tjänst – upptäck honom.' – Simon Kernick '… Ett namn att hålla ögonen på inom spänningsgenren.' – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 'Dödstimmen höll mig fast från första till sista sidan … Cleave är ett geni – som alltid.' – Goodreads-recension '… med en genomgående mörk humor som får dig att skratta åt sådant du annars aldrig skulle tycka var passande … laddad med spänning från början till slut.' – Goodreads-recension 'Dödstimmen bygger upp en förtrollande, hotfull och oroande stämning … paniken som växer i Charlie och Jo smittar av sig.' – Goodreads-recension 'Dödstimmen är en lysande thriller som rymmer alla de rätta ingredienserna för en oförglömlig läsupplevelse: starka karaktärer, en neurotisk skurk och otaliga vändningar som ingen kan förutse.' – Amazon-recension"

Paul Cleave (Author), Ola Ringdahl (Narrator)

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[Swedish] - Avgrunden

"För att fånga en mördare är man ibland tvungen att själv döda ... I Acacia Pines i USA håller Sheriff Cohens liv på att falla samman – hans pappa har av misstag satt eld på vårdhemmet, hans fru har flyttat och hans son mobbar andra barn i skolan. När gymnasieeleven Lucas Connor blir kidnappad ser Cohen en chans att få ordning på sitt liv genom att inkassera den utlovade belöningen. Men allt eftersom liken staplas på hög blir det tydligt att sheriffen kommer bli tvungen att fatta oåterkalleliga beslut. Beslut med dödliga konsekvenser ... Avgrunden är en riktig nagelbitare. En thriller som i högt tempo avtäcker de mörka hemligheterna i en liten stad genom en desperat mans försök att överleva. 'Paul Cleave är en författare man bara måste läsa.' – Lee Child 'Cleave skriver mörka, intensiva spänningsromaner som jag helt enkelt inte kan få nog av.' – Simon Kernick 'Historien rusar fram och blir allt mer intensiv ... Man får allt man kan önska sig av en thriller och lämnas med öppen mun.' – Helen Fields 'Pulshöjande läsning.! – Magasinet Crime Monthly 'Cleave använder ord som dödliga vapen.' – The New York Times"

Paul Cleave (Author), Ola Ringdahl (Narrator)

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[German] - Todeskälte: Thriller

"In Acacia Pines wird der Schüler Lucas entführt. Sheriff Cohen übernimmt den Fall und findet heraus, dass Lucas in die Fänge eines Serienmörders geraten ist. Eine erbittere Jagd auf den Täter beginnt in der Hoffnung, Lucas noch lebend zu finden. Doch nicht nur das treibt den Sheriff an, denn sein Leben ist in letzter Zeit völlig aus den Fugen geraten: Er ist pleite, geschieden und droht sein Haus zu verlieren. Die ausgeschriebene Belohnung dafür, den Serienkiller zu fassen, könnte all seine Probleme lösen. Doch ist er, der Sheriff, so verzweifelt, sich dafür außerhalb des Gesetzes zu bewegen?"

Paul Cleave (Author), Carsten Wilhelm (Narrator)

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[German] - Angsttreiber: Thriller

"Kann man einen Mörder fassen, wenn der einzige Beweis ein Komatraum ist? Mit 11 Jahren muss James zusehen, wie seine Eltern hingerichtet werden, bevor ihn ein Schuss in den Kopf trifft. Erst 9 Jahre später erwacht er aus dem Koma. Die Killer sind noch auf freiem Fuß und wollen ihn nun wieder zum Schweigen bringen. Rebecca Kent soll den alten Fall aufklären, bevor die Täter James ein weiteres Mal zu fassen bekommen. Doch sie steckt tief in den Ermittlungen um einen brutalen Copycat-Mörder, der Christchurch heimsucht. Als James aber von seinem Traum im Koma erzählt, ändert sich alles für Rebeccas Ermittlungen. Denn was er berichtet, schockiert alle zutiefst … Der neue clevere und blutige Thriller vom SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Paul Cleave, dem Meister der harten Serienkiller-Spannung"

Paul Cleave (Author), Carsten Wilhelm (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Sus tumbas favoritas

"Para atrapar a un asesino, puede que tengas que convertirte en uno… La vida del sheriff Cohen se está desmoronando: su padre ha quemado por accidente la residencia de ancianos donde vivía, su mujer se ha mudado porque no soporta tener a su suegro en casa y su hijo está haciendo bullying a otros chicos. Cuando secuestran al adolescente Lucas Connor en el instituto, Cohen ve una oportunidad para hacerse con el dinero de la recompensa ofrecida por la captura del secuestrador y así volver a encauzar su vida y recuperar a su mujer. Pero, a medida que aumenta el número de víctimas, el sheriff tendrá que tomar una decisión difícil…, una decisión con consecuencias mortales… «Cleave escribe thrillers oscuros e intensos que nunca quiero que terminen». Simon Kernick «Avanza a un ritmo frenético[…] Todo lo que quieres de un thriller; te deja sin aliento». Helen Fields «Impactante». Crime Monthly Magazine «Utiliza las palabras como armas letales». The New York Times «Paul Cleave es una lectura obligada para mí». Lee Child «Nuestras simpatías oscilan de un lado a otro, y el giro final es ingenioso». Literary Review"

Paul Cleave (Author), Arturo López (Narrator)

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The Laughterhouse

"Fast-paced, dark, and intensely clever, this exciting thriller represents a brilliant new chapter in the career of world-class crime writer Paul Cleave. Theodore Tate never forgot his first crime scene-ten-year-old Jessica found dead in the Laughterhouse, an old abandoned slaughterhouse with the S painted over. The killer was found and arrested. Justice was served. Or was it? Fifteen years later, a new killer arrives in Christchurch, and he has a list of people who were involved in Jessica's murder case, one of whom is the unfortunate Dr. Stanton, a man with three young girls. If Tate is going to help them, he has to find the connection between the killer, the Laughterhouse, and the city's suddenly growing murder rate. And he needs to figure it out fast, because Stanton and his daughters have been kidnapped, and the doctor is being forced to make an impossible decision: which one of his daughters is to die first. 'A modern equivalent of James Ellroy's Los Angeles of the 1950s, a discordant symphony of violence and human weakness' -Publishers Weekly 'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' -New York Times Book Review"

Paul Cleave (Author), Paul Ansdell (Narrator)

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Five Minutes Alone

"In the latest thriller by the Edgar-nominated author of Joe Victim, someone is helping rape victims exact revenge on their attackers, prompting an edge-of-your-seat, cat-and-mouse chase between old friends, detectives Theodore Tate and Carl Schroder. Carl Schroder and Theodore Tate, labeled The Coma Cops by the media, are finally getting their lives back into shape. Tate has returned to the police force and is grateful to be back at home with his wife, Bridget. For Schroder, things are neither good nor bad. The bullet lodged in his head from a shooting six months ago hasn't killed him, but--almost as deadly--it's switched off his emotions. When the body of a convicted rapist is found, obliterated by an oncoming train, Tate works the case, trying to determine if this is murder or suicide. The following night, two more rapists go missing. It's hard to investigate when everyone on the police force seems to be rooting for the killer. There's a common plea detectives get from the loved ones of victims: When you find the man who did this, give me five minutes alone with him. And that's exactly what someone is doing. Someone is helping these victims get their five minutes alone. But when innocent people start to die, Tate and Schroder find themselves with different objectives, and soon they're battling something they never would've expected--each other. Ferocious storytelling that makes you think and feel, says The Listener (New Zealand). Smart, funny, and breathlessly suspenseful, Five Minutes Alone takes the definition of crime thriller to a whole new level. Breaking Bad reworked by the Coen Brothers. -Kirkus Reviews, starred review"

Paul Cleave (Author), Paul Ansdell (Narrator)

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Cemetery Lake

"A heart-thumping, no-holds-barred murder mystery that keeps you guessing until the very last page. Some secrets won't stay buried . . . A standard exhumation becomes anything but for private investigator Theodore Tate when bodies begin bubbling to the surface of the cemetery lake. Tate knows he has to let it go and let his former colleagues in the police deal with it. But when the coffin is opened and its occupant is not the old man supposed to be inside, he knows he cannot walk away. But he cannot let the police keep digging, because they are getting dangerously close to digging up the real truth: the truth about him. With the evidence mounting against him, Tate must use his skills to stay ahead of the police and out of jail in order to find a killer. A killer on a mission. A person who will kill again and again. A person who will turn Tate into the very man he despises."

Paul Cleave (Author), Paul Ansdell (Narrator)

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Collecting Cooper

"From the international bestselling author comes yet another gripping novel that paints a brutally vivid picture of a killer's mind-an edge-of-your-seat thriller, for fans of Lee Child and Peter May. People are disappearing in Christchurch. Cooper Riley, a psychology professor, doesn't make it to work one day. Emma Green, one of his students, doesn't make it home. When ex-cop Theodore Tate is released from a four-month prison stint, he's asked by Green's father to help find Emma. After all, Tate was in jail for nearly killing her in a DUI accident the year before, so he owes him. Big time. What neither of them knows is that a former mental patient is holding people prisoner as part of his growing collection of serial killer souvenirs. Now he has acquired the ultimate collector's item-an actual killer. Meanwhile, clues keep pulling Tate back to Grover Hills, the mental institution that closed down three years ago. Very bad things happened there. Those who managed to survive would prefer to keep their memories buried. Tate has no choice but to unearth Grover Hills' dark past if there is any chance of finding Emma Green and Cooper Riley alive. For fans of Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island, Thomas Harris's Silence of the Lambs, and Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series, Collecting Cooper is another 'relentlessly gripping, deliciously twisted, and shot through with a vein of humor that's as dark as hell' (Mark Billingham) novel by this glimmering talent in the crime thriller genre. 'A pulse-pounding serial killer thriller' -Publishers Weekly"

Paul Cleave (Author), Paul Ansdell (Narrator)

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The Killing Hour

"Imagine waking up covered in blood-but it's not your blood. There's a nasty bump on your head, and you can't remember a thing about last night. The morning paper reports that two young women were brutally murdered. You recognize their names. Pieces of the night before come back to you through the haze. And now you're the suspect in their grisly deaths. Welcome to Charlie's world. In this heart-pounding thriller, only the dead know what happened last night. On the run, Charlie suspects a man named Cyris, but no one believes that Cyris exists. Not the police and not Charlie's ex-wife Jo, though she wants to trust that the man she once loved is innocent. Soon, Charlie has Jo bound and gagged in the trunk of his car, fleeing across the countryside while the killing hour approaches yet again. Originally published in 2007 in Cleave's native New Zealand, The Killing Hour represents the early, "pulse-pounding" (Publishers Weekly) work of a writer known the world over for a style that combines gruesome thrills with clever twists and a heavy dose of devilish humor. Cleave keeps us guessing until the last page of this fantastic psychological thriller."

Paul Cleave (Author), Paul Ansdell (Narrator)

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Blood Men

"Winner of New Zealand's Prestigious Nagaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel (2011) Edward Hunter has it all-a beautiful wife and daughter, a great job, a bright future…and a very dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer was caught, convicted, and locked away in the country's most hellish of penitentiaries. That man was Edward's father. Edward has struggled his entire life to put the nightmares of his childhood behind him. But a week before Christmas, violence once again makes an unwelcome appearance into his world. Suddenly he's going to need the help of his father, a man he hasn't seen since he was a boy. Is Edward destined to be just like him, to become a man of blood? A true master of the genre that only comes along once in a generation, Cleave unveils a brutally vivid picture of a killer's mind and of a city of fallen angels captured at the ends of the earth. 'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' -New York Times Book Review"

Paul Cleave (Author), Paul Ansdell (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Paul Cleave

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